Grammy-winning musician Dom Flemons will share his repertoire of over 100 years of American roots music with audience members at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House. Flemons is not only a folk musician and Black country artist but also a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music scholar, historian, actor, slam poet, record collector, curator, […]
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‘Antiques Roadshow’ finally makes it to Maine
About 65 appraisers were at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay to assess items for the popular PBS show’s 30th season — and its first visit to the state.
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Celtic band brings musical storm to Boothbay Harbor Opera House
The Opera House in Boothbay Harbor welcomes Gaelic Storm to the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14. The multinational, Celtic powerhouse plays music steeped in Irish tradition and stories and has being performed over 2,000 shows. The five-piece band takes a true blue-collar, hard-nose approach to touring, consistently traveling the U.S. and internationally while […]
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Grammy-winning banjo player set to take stage at Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Alison Brown will perform an acoustic concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 13.
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Quebecois band blows into Boothbay Harbor Opera House
Le Vent du Nord takes the Opera House stage on June 7.
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Canada’s Lonesome Ace Stringband to play Boothbay Harbor Opera House
The Lonesome Ace Stringband arrives in the Midcoast on Friday to perform at the historical Boothbay Harbor Opera House. The band brings grit, skill and abandon to Americana music, bridging old-time, bluegrass and folk traditions into a hybrid of original material. The trio’s sound is anchored in the fiddle and clawhammer banjo of John Showman […]
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Protecting Maine’s unsung underwater hero — algae
Amid climate uncertainty, curators at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota are hopeful that if there’s a bright spot, it’s hidden below the ocean’s surface.
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Midcoast fishermen warn of ‘destructive’ end to Maine Sea Grant
Aquaculture farmers from Westport Island to Biddeford warn that the Trump administration’s decision to cut federal funding will harm Maine’s working waterfront, though Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday that the terms were being negotiated.
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East Boothbay shop debuts with treasures for antiques hunters
The soon-to-be East Boothbay Trading Company contains antique treasures, ranging from a $15,000 Carroll Thayer Bayer screen to $10 nautical trinkets. Here’s a peek at what to expect.
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Boothbay’s Bigelow Laboratory expands to spur future of marine science
Charting the course, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences embraces an education expansion — a new 25,000-square-foot wing — and plans to reach more students and educators statewide.